The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation

Republican lawmakers are holding up a state hate crime bill. Polly Shepperd, a survivor of the Charleston AME Church Massacre in 2015 is speaking out against them.

The lawsuit alleged that the FBI was negligent in performing a background check on shooter Dylann Roof.

The federal government reached an $88 million settlement with family and survivors of the 2015 Charleston Church shooting.

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with victims' families in 2015 Charleston church shooting.

What changes were made after the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting?

Plans for a memorial honoring the victims of the 2015 church shooting are out.

Her brother, Dylann Roof, is on death row for shooting nine black churchgoers.

She was arrested on weapons charges after she allegedly made an alarming post.

Dylann Roof pleaded guilty today to all state charges against him.

The shooting at a Charleston church on June 17, 2015, left nine people dead.

Dylann Roof's grandfather Joe Roof addressed the court for the first time today.

Roof, 22, was sentenced to death in January in a federal hate crimes case.

After the attack on June 17, 2015, which left nine black worshippers dead, Roof left Emanuel AME Church and traveled west to the Branch AME Church, according to WCIV, which cited GPS data not presented in court during his trial.

After the attack, Roof left Emanuel and traveled west to another church.

Last month, Roof was sentenced to death after he was convicted of hate crimes.

The 22-year-old was sentenced to death for killing nine people after he walked into a church in South Carolina and opened fire during a Bible study meeting.

Jennifer Pinckney, whose husband, South Carolina State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, was killed in the shooting, said her daughters "miss daddy."

Roof was sentenced to death for killing nine churchgoers at a Bible study.

He was convicted of killing nine churchgoers at a Bible study in Charleston.

Roof was sentenced to death today for killing nine churchgoers in 2015.

He was convicted of killing nine churchgoers at a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina.

Roof was sentenced to death today for killing nine churchgoers in 2015.

Dylann Roof, 22, has been sentenced to death for killing nine black churchgoers during a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina.

Roof is back in court for the sentencing part of his federal trial.

Roof will be sentenced to death or life in prison at the conclusion of this federal trial.

Felicia Sanders was final witness to testify at sentencing part of Roof's trial.

Roof is in court for the sentencing portion of his federal trial.

Roof, who shot and killed nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, refused to plead insanity in the sentencing phase of his murder trial.

Roof is back in the courtroom for the sentencing portion of his federal trial.

Roof was convicted of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a church.

Roof is back in the courtroom for the sentencing portion of his federal trial.

The convicted murderer is acting as his own defense as the trial moves to the penalty stage.

Roof was convicted of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a S.C. church.

The judge ordered the evaluation out of "abundance of caution."

Dylann Roof's fate will soon be back in the hands of the jurors who found him guilty of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Roof was convicted of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a church.

The Rev. Sharon Risher's mother was among the victims of the June 2015 shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.

Roof, 22, killed nine parishioners in a church basement in the name of white supremacy.

Roof, 22, could face the death penalty after being convicted by a jury on all 33 charges for killing nine people in an African-American church in Charleston.

Roof was accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners.

Roof was accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners.

One year later, a look back at the response to Dylan Roof's June 17, 2015, attack at the Emanuel AME Church, killing nine people.

Roof is accused of killing nine black parishioners during a Bible study.

Polly Sheppard told jurors in the Dylann Roof trial how she hid under a table at the Charleston church where her friends were shot and killed in front of her.

The jury heard the 911 call made by the victim that the defendant, Dylann Roof, allegedly left alive so that she could tell the story.

Roof is accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a church.

Roof is accused of killing nine people on June 17, 2015.

Dylann Roof is accused of killing nine black Charleston church members.

Police say Roof, 22, recorded himself at home using the same 45-caliber Glock pistol Roof is accused of using in the fatal shooting of nine at a historic black church in Charleston.